Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-08
GLADLY gsTfss mi 9akotaias,
SIOUX ClTY'S MURDER CASE.
{ Continuation of tho Testi-
mony for the De fence.

mony for the De fence.
Witnesses Who Know Nothing Of
Why they are not Expected
10 Know.
From the Sioux City Journal Of the
7Ih we take the following testimony in
the Arensdorf-H addock murder case:
). @. HART.
live in Sioux City and have since
1882, / have been a Lahore or and am 80
years old. Iu August last l lived in sioux,
City. On the day OF the Sd OF August l
WAS working for Dan Hartnett out on
Jackson street. / quit work ABOUT 8
o clock IN the evening. ate supper at
the Milwaukee house, the place kept
by Paul Leader. After supper / sat cut
in front OF the house smoking q while. /
went out along towards bed time, and
walked up town. IL was sometime be-
tween 8 and 10 o'clock. / cant be more
definite as to time. / walked up to the
corner. OF Fourth and Nebraska street
and there | met Paul Leader, after !
had been there some time, I don't know
where he had been, only what he told
me. We were there only ABOUT q minute
aud then vert together into the Eng
iish Kitchen saloon and took q glass OF
beer. We might have been there ten or
fifteen minutes and then went west on
Fourth street. No one else was with us.
We stopped at Johnny Orton's saloon
and stopped there q teW minutes and
then went west again on Fourth street
to Junk's saloon. I saw IN Junk's sa-
loon Scollard and Arensdorf. Areps.
dorf had his every day clothes on-a
blue quit. He didn't have on an oil
cloth coat. I saw Leavitt there. He
had a light hat and an oil cloth coat on.
] didn't notice his pants. / remained
at Junk's saloon ten minutes,
Eaore or less. People were pass
ing in and out. Arepsdorf was not
standing in the same crowd with Leavitt,
I.think, not. LeRvitt and his squad stood
40 the right Of the room as one enters
Arensdorf stood at the left. Isaw Len,
witt and his crowd go out, and went
west on Fourth street on the south side.
About half o dozen men went with
Leavitt. Arensdorf did not go west with
them. Leader and I went out after the
lLeaviti crowd, following them. They
went up the south side OF Fourth ntreet,
westwardly, to where that board fence is
and they matted nearly at Water street
Leader and / followed the crowd down
there, being probably $50 feet behind
them. Leader and l passed by the
crowd which was standing by the higf
board fence. Leader was next to the
fence. As we passed the crowd some.
body took Leaders hat off and put
another hat on Leader. 10, was the mar
whom i understood to be Leavitt. No
body else walked with Leader and me
We passed on and turned the corner anC
went south on Water street, on the east
side. Should Judge, between SIXTY and
eighty feet. Then We heard the report
of o pistol shot. We looked sround in.
stantly. / saw n man staggering ane
falling and another man turning to run
away. The man running away had /
rubber coal On and light pants. I didn'
snotice his hat. lie ran diagonally nortl
towards the blaeksmith's shop. Leader
ana I stood there o moment and walked tt
the corner of Third street and then wen,
east to Nebraska street and south on Ne
braska street TO the Milwaukee house
Bismafok was not there. i never saw
him IN this court room. We got to th,
Milwaukee house somewhere neal l.
O'clock. Bismarck Yves not at the Mil
waukee houae: I never saw him 10 my
lie till / saw HIM in this court. The hR
Leader had YVES q sort of braided straw
hat, rather brown in cDlor.
Witness was shown tie old hat, said
to be found In the back yard of Ryan
house, where he testified he ran alter til,
murder.
Witness, continuing: 1t was q hat o
that description. 1 know John Arensdor
and knew him in August last. He wa
not the man who fired the shot. He wa
not the man I4aw running away from
Handbook that night. He was not will
Leader AND me as we went down to til,
o~ornerof Water and Third streets aftel
the shot was fred. My impression il
that Arensdorf was in Junk's salool
when Leader and I came out and FOL
loved the crowd down to The Dineel
corner.
Cross-examination by the state.
don't know the color OF Grady's hat tina
night in Junk's saloon. ] don't know
the color OF Scollard's coat or hat O
vest. don't know Whit WAS the colo
of the hat, pants or coat of J Junk tina
nighr. / don't know him. / don't know
the clothes of the bartender at junk
saloon that night. / think I had or
brown jeans pants that night. I sav
John Arensdorf, Leader, Scoilard ane
Leavitt in Junk's that night. There
might have been other parties there
but I don't know their i didn'
see Muncbrath there. / don't know
Piath:n T,reibers / know Scollart
pretty we'll. but l don't know what KIND
OF clothes he had on. ] don't remembeI
seeing Grady there that night. / am /
married man. / have a daughter living
in Nebraska. My wife is living. ]
don't know where she lives. 1t is ter
years SINCE I saw my wife. I saw her Al
Blair, Neb. I don't know where she il
now. She WAS living there q year ago
That is the last time I saw her
] saw her that time OF Blair. I did no
say that / saw my wife the last TINT
ten years ago. My wife has never
been In Sioux City slnce / have beer
here-not to my knowledge. I vas il
Blair about three years ago. When ]
first came to Sioux City in 1883 I worked
for different parties around. When
first came here it Was in the sping and
caught floating logs. THE last winter ]
began working in December on the
~govllrnment boat. / quit working there
two weeks ago. I am boarding with
Paul Leader now and have boarded with
him ever since Ihave been in Sioux City.
The evening of August 3 I didn't drink